Think Good, Feel Good: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People

Newly updated edition of the highly successful core text for using cognitive behaviour therapy with children and young people. The previous edition of Think Good, Feel Good was an exciting, practical resource that pioneered the way mental health professionals approached Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with children and young people. This new edition continues the work started by clinical psychologist Paul Stallard, and provides a range of flexible and highly appealing materials that can be used to structure and facilitate work with young people. In addition to covering the core elements used in CBT programmes, it incorporates ideas from the third wave CBT therapies of mindfulness, compassion focused therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. It also includes a practical series of exercises and worksheets that introduce specific concepts and techniques.

Developed by the author and used extensively in clinical practice, Think Good, Feel Good, Second Edition: A CBT Workbook for Children and Young People starts by introducing readers to the origin, basic theory, and rationale behind CBT and explains how the workbook should be used. Chapters cover elements of CBT including identifying thinking traps; core beliefs; controlling feelings; changing behaviour; and more.

• Written by an experienced professional with all clinically tested material
• Fully updated to reflect recent developments in clinical practice
• Wide range of downloadable materials
• Includes ideas for third wave CBT, Mindfulness, Compassion Focused Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Think Good, Feel Good, Second Edition: A CBT Workbook for Children and Young People is a "must have" resource for clinical psychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, community psychiatric nurses, educational psychologists, and occupational therapists. It is also a valuable resource for those who work with young people including social workers, school nurses, practice counsellors, teachers and health visitors.

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Table of Contents

About the Author xi

Acknowledgement xiii

Online Resources xv

1. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Theoretical Origins, Rationale, and Techniques 1
• The Foundations of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 1
• First Wave: Behaviour Therapy 2
• Second Wave: Cognitive Therapy 2
• Third Wave: Acceptance, Compassion, and Mindfulness 4
• Core Characteristics of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 5
• The Goal of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 6
• The Core Components of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 7
2. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People 13
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children 13
• Adapting CBT for Children and Young People 14
• Facilitating Engagement in CBT 17
• Common Problems when Undertaking CBT with Children 21
3. Think Good, Feel Good: an Overview of Materials 27
• Be Kind to Yourself 28
• Here and Now 28
• Thoughts, Feelings, and What You Do 29
• Automatic Thoughts 30
• Thinking Traps 30
• Balanced Thinking 31
• Core Beliefs 32
• Controlling your Thoughts 32
• How you Feel 33
• Controlling your Feelings 34
• Changing your Behaviour 35
• Learning to Problem-Solve 36
4. Be Kind to Yourself 37
• Eight Ways to be Kind to Yourself 38
5. Here and Now 49
• Do you really Notice What You Do? 49
• Focus 50
• Focus on your Breathing 52
• Focus on your Eating 53
• Focus on an Activity 54
• Focus on an Object 55
• Step Back from your Thoughts 55
• Thought Spotting 56
• Step Back from your Feelings 57
• Let them Float Away 58
6. Thoughts, Feelings, and What You Do 65
• Thoughts, Feelings, and What You Do 65
• How does it Work? 66
• What you Think 67
• Core Beliefs 68
• Beliefs and Predictions 68
• Unhelpful Beliefs and Predictions 69
• Core Beliefs are Strong and Fixed 69
• Important Events 70
• Automatic Thoughts 70
• How You Feel 71
• What You Do 71
• Stop! 72
• Putting It All Together 74
7. Automatic Thoughts 81
• Me, What I Do, and My Future 81
• Why do I Listen to my Automatic Thoughts? 83
• The Negative Trap 84
• 'Hot’ Thoughts 85
8. Thinking Traps 97
• Negative Filter 97
• Blowing Things Up 98
• Predicting Failure 99
• Being Down on Yourself 100
• Setting Yourself to Fail 101
9. Balanced Thinking 107
• What is the Evidence? 107
• So How Does it Work? 109
• The ‘Four Cs’ 111
• So How Does it Work? 112
• How would you help a Friend? 114
10. Core Beliefs 119
• Finding Core Beliefs 120
• Challenging Core Beliefs 121
• Talk with Someone 123
11. Controlling Your Thoughts 131
• Step Back from your Thoughts 131
• Refocus your Attention 132
• Distraction 132
• Coping Self-Talk 134
• Positive Self-Talk 135
• Thought Stopping 136
• Turn the Volume Down 137
• Limit the Time you Worry 137
• Test Them 138
• Throw Them Away 139
12. How You Feel 151
• What Feelings Do I Have? 152
• Feelings and What You Do 154
• Feelings and What You Think 154
• Putting it Together 155
13. Controlling Your Feelings 167
• Learn to Relax 168
• Physical Exercise 170
• 4-5-6 Breathing 171
• Your Calming Place 171
• Relaxing Activities 172
• Stop the Build-Up 173
14. Changing Your Behaviour 181
• Being Busy is Helpful 182
• Have More Fun 182
• Map How You Feel and What You Do 184
• Small Steps 185
• Face Your Fears 186
• Dump Your Habits 187
• Remember to Reward Yourself 190
15. Learning to Solve Problems 201
• Why do Problems Happen? 201
• Learn to Stop and Think 203
• Identify Different Solutions 203
• Think Through the Consequences 204
• Remind Yourself What to Do 206
• Practice getting it Right 207
• Plan to be Successful 208
• Talk yourself Through It 209

References 217

Index 221